Subject: Net Booting problems...
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Laurence McLean <lollie@dux.au.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/25/2001 13:44:33
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Hello there,
I have just subscribed to this list, and this question has probably been =
asked before...
I have just got my hands on a Sparcstation 2 and have it connected to a =
wyse terminal...
its network connection is through an Alloy aui to ethernet converter at =
10Mb....=20
I have (tried to) setup a boot server for it to install NetBSD on my =
FreeBSD (Please dont hurt me) server, and it keeps
failing when it tries to perform a whoami call.... Could this be a DNS =
prob??
I set the sparcstation up in my /etc/hosts file with the following =
line..
192.168.0.85 joob <----(joob =
being the name on the sparcstation)
My bootparams file is as follows
#/etc/bootparams
client root=3Dnimrod:/lollie/home/NetBSD_Sparc <---- =
nimrod being the server
(please dont tell me that the word client in the above line is supposed =
to be the host name of the sparcstaion.....)
any input would be very helpfull....
By Laurence..
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello there,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have just subscribed to this list, =
and this=20
question has probably been asked before...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have just got my hands on a =
Sparcstation 2 and=20
have it connected to a wyse terminal...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>its network connection is through an =
Alloy aui to=20
ethernet converter at 10Mb.... </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have (tried to) setup a boot server =
for it to=20
install NetBSD on my FreeBSD (Please dont hurt me) server, and it=20
keeps</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>failing when it tries to perform a =
whoami=20
call.... Could this be a DNS prob??</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I set the sparcstation up in my =
/etc/hosts file=20
with the following line..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>192.168.0.85 &nbs=
p; =20
joob &nb=
sp; &nbs=
p; =20
<----(joob being the name on the sparcstation)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My bootparams file is as =
follows</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>#/etc/bootparams<BR>client=20
root=3Dnimrod:/lollie/home/NetBSD_Sparc &nbs=
p; =20
<---- nimrod being the server</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(please dont tell me that the word =
client in the=20
above line is supposed to be the host name of the =
sparcstaion.....)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>any input would be very =
helpfull....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>By =
Laurence..</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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